Why I chose Proxmox over ESXi and Hyper-V
When you decide to build a homelab around virtualisation, the first real decision you face is which hypervisor to run. It sounds like a technical detail but it shapes everything that comes after — how you manage VMs, how you access the interface, what features you get for free, and how much you’ll be fighting the platform instead of learning from it. I evaluated three options seriously: VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Proxmox VE. ...